MATARO ARGENTONA Line Opened: 27.5.1928 Closed:9.10.1965 Gauge 1000 mm Lenght   5,8 km Power Electric Voltage 550 V DC

Nº2 Nº 6

 

History: The first project to link both towns and the M.Z.A. company railway station in Mataró was born in 1918 but works did not began until 1927. The service grew as did the Mataró population and this lead to the need for more trams and also a second and strictly urban route was put in service.  A river flood withdrawn the line bridge and services never resumed.

Furthermore: The line was established as a single track and passing loops and built with 'Phoenix' track in the Mataró city and with 'Vignole' type else. The fleet had a wide origin and most of it remains in  Mataró. One car  ex-Gijón (nº. 7) was scrapped some time after the closure.
 

TODAY'S FLEET

Car nº	Batch	Type	Trucks Motors	Builder	Year	Notes	Owner	Place
1	1-2	M2d	Brill 79E 2x? kw	Lladró	1928	R	Museu del Transport	Castellar de N'Hug
2	1-2	M2d	Brill 79E 2x? kw	Lladró	1928	R	Argentona Council	Argentona
3	3	M2d	Robatel-Buffaud 2x? kw	Lladró	1928	R(1)	Mataró Council	Mataró
4	4	M2d	Wumag 2x25 HP	Torrents	1929	D	Mataró Council	Mataró
5-6	5-6	M2d	AEG 2x25,7 kw	TB(2)	1903(50)	X(3)	Museu del Transport	Castellar de N'Hug

   TYPE:     M=motor    B=trailer    2=axles    d=double ended    s=single ended
   NOTES:    O=in service    R=restored    D=derelict    X=rests
   (1) Intended for València (100-class), was transfered to Mataró
   (2) Rebodied by 'Tranvías de Barcelona Colectivizados' in 1937-8
   (3) ExBarcelona  349 & 355 from 301-365 batch
 

Gallery

 

Car 5 in the road from Argentona. April 1965	Car 5 in the road from Argentona to Mataró. April 1965	Car 1 or 2 in Mataró. April 1965

All the above photographs by courtesy of Don Sibley

Restored car 3 in the open in Mataró. 5.2.2000	Car 4 arriving to Argentona at midd thirties.	Renumbered car 3 (ex-5) in the open. January 1970

 

Basic bibliography:

ARMENGOL F., HARO M.A. and URQUIOLA C.: El tramvia de Mataró a Argentona (síntesi històrica 1928-1965). L'Aixernador Ed. Argentona, 1992. In catalan